alleryStart learning →The irregular third-person singular present form 'has' belongs to which verb?
- Have
- Give
- Take
- Make
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Correct answer: A. Have
Have, do and say have irregular third-person forms: has, does and says.
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The irregular third-person singular present form 'has' belongs to which verb?Read the answer and worked solution →The passive voice is formed with the past participle and which verb?Read the answer and worked solution →Which preposition introduces the performer of the action in a passive sentence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which statement is true of English modal verbs?Read the answer and worked solution →Which modal verb takes a to-infinitive?Read the answer and worked solution →How do auxiliary verbs and the copula form questions?Read the answer and worked solution →The past subjunctive differs from the simple past only in the possible use of which form?Read the answer and worked solution →The present subjunctive, as in 'It is important that he follow them', looks identical to which form?Read the answer and worked solution →A verb phrase is a verb with its dependents but excluding which element?Read the answer and worked solution →When a verb has two objects and no preposition, which object comes first?Read the answer and worked solution →An adjective placed in a noun phrase before the noun, as in 'the big house', is used how?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The house is big', how is the adjective 'big' used?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the superlative form of the adjective 'bad'?Read the answer and worked solution →The forms 'elder' and 'eldest' are generally restricted to comparing what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the correct comparative of the adjective 'happy'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which adjective is usually ungradable?Read the answer and worked solution →In the adjective phrase 'proud of him', what is 'of him'?Read the answer and worked solution →Adverbs typically modify verbs, adjectives and which other word class?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ending commonly forms an adverb from an adjective?Read the answer and worked solution →Words like 'fast', 'straight' and 'hard', used as both adjective and adverb, are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are adverbs of manner generally placed in a sentence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrasal verb order is normal when the object is a pronoun?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'What are you talking about?', the preposition 'about' is best described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a coordinating conjunction?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word forms a correlative pair with 'neither'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word completes the pair 'Not only did I finish, ___ I also helped'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which conjunction expresses a condition?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word can be omitted in 'She told us ___ she was ready'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these pronouns is in the oblique case?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pronoun correctly completes 'The teacher praised my friend and ___'?Read the answer and worked solution →
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The passive voice is formed with the past participle and which verb?
- Be
- Do
- May
- Will
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Correct answer: A. Be
Passives such as 'cars are driven' combine a form of be with the past participle.
Which preposition introduces the performer of the action in a passive sentence?
- with
- from
- by
- of
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Correct answer: C. by
In 'they were killed by the invaders' the agent appears in a prepositional phrase with by.
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